Filename:
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cc_csc0144_pannartz_2623.tif
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Identifier:
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cc_csc0144_pannartz_2623.tif
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Title:
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De Civitate Dei
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Creator:
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Sweinheim, Konrad, -1477
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Creator:
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Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
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Creator:
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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Subject:
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Incunabula - Europe
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Subject:
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Books - History
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Subject:
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Church history
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Subject:
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Type and type-founding - History
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Subject:
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Printing - History
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Summary:
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Folio leaf is an early example of printing from metal types, outside of Germany, where their process of manufacture was invented by Johann Gutenberg, ca. 1455. The text shows old style roman characters with hand-written initial letters.
"St. Augustine (b. 354, d. 430) composed De civitate Dei (The City of God) in response to an attack on Rome by the Visigoth king Alaric I (r. 395–410) in 410. Roman pagans blamed the invasion on the Christian religion, protesting that the ancient gods refused to protect the city out of anger at the adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in 381. St. Augustine’s text addressed the action of God in the world and in human history, and his collective writings laid the foundation for much of medieval Christian thought." -The British Library
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Publisher:
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Konrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Date of Original:
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1467
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Date of Digitization:
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2020
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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book
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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leaf
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Dimensions of Original:
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39.4 x 28.3 cm
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Language:
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Latin
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Original Item Location:
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CARCSC.0144
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Library Collection:
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Stephen O. Saxe Collection
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Digital Project:
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2020_0041_incunabula
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Place:
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Italy - Subiaco
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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